PewDiePie No Longer Top 10 Most-Subscribed YouTube Channels, These Three Indians Are Ahead
PewDiePie aka Felix Kjellberg, reigned YouTube for more than half a decade. In 2025, the Swedish gamer and vlogger is no longer in the top 10 most-subscribed YouTube channels.
Barrels!
Felix Kjellberg, popularly known as PewDiePie, is no longer in the top 10 most-subscribed YouTube channels in the world. The 35-year-old content creator, who started his YouTube journey on April 29, 2010, quickly rose to fame thanks to his videos of him playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Happy Wheels, Flappy Bird, and Pokémon GO. His exaggerated reactions, over-the-top screams, and unscripted commentary made him stand out from the rest. His Swedish accent, charming on-screen presence, and consistent uploads quickly saw his channel rise to the most subscribed channel in the world. His vlogs and Q&A videos helped me build a Bro Army and loyal community.
He stayed on top for over five and a half years across four separate runs in the past 15 years or so. However, his 'beef" with the music label, T-Series, based in India, was what put him in unprecedented global limelight.
PewDiePie Vs T-Series
The one-sided YouTube beef started back in September 2018 when, out of nowhere, the Noida-based music label T-Series claimed the #2 subscriber spot, sending the YouTube community including Pewds in a tizzy.
While it was only fun and games for the Swedish gamer, who even released a diss track on T-Series, his fans and friends took the YouTube war way too seriously.
MrBeast, known for his extravagant challenges and philanthropy, and who is currently the most subscribed YouTube channel on the platform with 403 million subs, was a fairly 'small" channel back in the day yet he spearheaded the 'Subscribe To PewDiePie" meme and took the Internet euphoria to the next level. Saiman Says, an Indian YouTuber, also gained popularity (and subscribers) when he joined thousands of YouTube creators including Davie504, and Markiplier who backed the Swedish content creator in this subscriber race against T-Series.
Saiman travelled to the UK and even made a collab video with PewDiePie where the latter tried Indian snacks.
Pandemic, Marriage, Japan
Fascinated by Japanese culture and his love for anime, PewDiePie expressed moving to Japan and decided to relocate to the country from the UK along with his wife Marzia and pugs, Edgar and Maya. In a video, he emphasised the struggles of obtaining a stringent visa and the difficulty of moving the pugs to a different country.
The transition aligned with the lifestyles of the YouTubers-turned-partners who aimed for a quieter and quaint life away from the spotlight. Privacy was hard to come by in the UK and Sweden.
PewDiePie's years of YouTube grind reached its tail end. The young boy who screamed, shouted, and was untamed which often landed him into the biggest of YouTube controversies, transitioned into a laidback creator and vlogger with a slow, quiet lifestyle in Japan. In 2023, the couple welcomed their son Bjorn.
His balanced and quieter YouTube content was welcomed by his loyal Bro Army.
Who Are The Top 10?
The current YouTubers reigning the video-sharing platform include the likes of MrBeast, Cocomelon, Like Nastya. Notably, three out of 10 YouTube channels are India-based channels featuring music and entertainment content.
MrBeast: 408 million subscribers
T-Series: 300 million subscribers
Cocomelon- Nursery Rhymes: 195 million subscribers
YouTube Movies: 186 million subscribers
Vlad and Niki: 133 million subscribers
Kids Diana Show: 130 million subscribers
Like Nastya: 125 million subscribers
Music: 122 million subscribers
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Zee Music Company: 114 million subscribers
PewDiePie currently has 110 million subscribers on YouTube.
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